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Robert Webb's eighth grade graduation diploma from the Eagle School, dated May 25, 1928. "Be It Known, that Robert Webb of School District No. 4 in the County of Eagle has completed the course of elementary study prescribed for the Public Schools of Colorado. In Testimony Whereof, This Diploma is given under our hands this twenty-fifth day of May A.D. 1928." Signed by County Superintendent Anna M. Anderson, and Webb's teacher, Mrs. George Ferguson,...
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A certificate of honor awarded to "Robert Webb for Regular Attendance, Good Deportment, and commendable progress in the Studies of the Eighth grade of the Eagle School. Awarded at Eagle this 25 day of May 1928." The award was for achievement in Arithmetic. His teacher was Mrs. George Ferguson, Jr.
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A program for the Eagle High School's presentation of L. Verne Slout's "Whittlin'," a comedy-drama in three acts. This play was put on in 1932.
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A letter from Alvin Webb, when he was about eight years old, to his mother, Dolly Webb. Dated September, 1916.
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Meeting minutes for the Neighbors of Woodcraft Kinnikinick Circle, District No. 12 from 1949. The Neighbors of Woodcraft were a fraternal benefit society. Originally located in Leadville, the headquarters was relocated to Portland, Oregon, in 1905, where it would remain through the 1970s. The society eventually merged with the Woodmen of the World in July of 2001. This district was comprised of the towns of Leadville, Climax, Red Cliff, Buena Vista,...
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A letter from Tom O. Duncan to Belle Duncan concerning a funeral that had previously occurred. Dated October 20, 1898. Belle Duncan was the mother of Dolly Esther (Duncan) Webb, and grandmother to Alvin, Robert, Donald, and Dolly Webb.
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A letter from Mrs. J.E. Porter to Dolly Webb concerning Dolly's son, Alvin. Alvin appears to have been sick and was in the hospital at Grand Junction. Dated March 13, 1930.
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A letter from Alvin Webb, when he was about eight years old, to his mother, Dolly Webb. Dated November 13, 1916.
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A letter from John D. Filson describing a timber fire that occurred in late September, 1898, in Eagle County.
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A "Badge of Honor," awarded to Alda Borah for the school year of 1906-1907. The badge certified "that Mittie Alda Borah was neither abesnt nor tardy during the school year of 1906-1907. - Caroline Canady, Teacher"
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A graduation program for the Eagle County High School 1916 graduation ceremony. The ceremony was held at the Independent Order of Odd Fellow (I.O.O.F.) Hall in Gypsum on May 18, 1916. The graduating class consisted of Mittie Alda Borah, Dorothy Doll, Jo Shryack, George Russell Spangler, and Louise Thomas.
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Alda Borah's high school diploma. Alda graduated from the Eagle County High School in Gypsum on May 18, 1916. The diploma is signed by Ollie Graham, County Superintendent; A. C. Johnson, Principal; Mack Fleck, Chas Gustafson, and William Henry Lea, High School Committee members. A seal for the Eagle County High School is visible in the bottom left corner.
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Alda Borah's art class assignment. The assignment focuses on primary and compound colors.
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Alda Borah's map/art book, which she completed for her art class while attending the Eagle County High School. There are several hand drawn images of nature, as well as a map of Maine, and two maps showing the Roman Empire and ancient Greece around the Mediterranean Sea. Some of the drawings are dated from 1914.
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An envelope addressed to Frank Edwin Grant. Frank "Ed" Edwin Grant was the younger brother of Mary (Grant) Borah. Ed worked for Alfred Borah for a number of years before moving to Utah. What is unique about this envelope is that it is addressed to Castle, Colorado, now the town of Eagle, dating this envelope to around 1887.
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An account of auction ledger for the sale of the Borah ranch. A public auction was held on November 24, 1917. Many locals in the Brush Creek Valley and surrounding towns purchased items at the auction. Alfred Borah, along with his wife, Mary, and daughter, Alda, moved to Phoenix, Arizona following the public auction. James F. Shults served as the auctioneer. Later dates from the 1920s are included in the ledger from business dealings Alfred had in...
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A school souvenir booklet from the Brush Creek School, dated April 24, 1908. Louise K. Stein was the school teacher. This small booklet lists the names of the students from the 1907-08 school year. A poem, written by Julia C. R. Dorr, is on the front of the booklet.
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A contour sketch map of the Eagle Vanadium Company's consolidated mines, located along Brush Creek. This map was created in August of 1915. Charles G. Walker, a mining engineer and surveyor, may have drawn the map. According to Alda Borah, Charles "Chas" G. Walker was in charge of surveying all the mines on Salt and Brush Creek.
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A deed of trust from Jake Borah to his brother, Alfred, dated December 20, 1917.
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Sheep Mountain Alliance's Spring 1996 Newsletter includes articles on topics ranging from the fight to protect the Valley Floor to ski area expansion as well as regional and national issues such as logging advances and new conservation projects.